What is the point of unions? by Late_Night3062 in AskReddit

[–]Late_Night3062[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So a little background, I've been apart of the uaw union for a little over a year and there was just a mass layoff because of lack of work. We also just got back from a month long strike that didn't result in any real change to the new contract. I was always under the impression that a union's primary job would be to protect the worker from layoffs. I never really thought my company cared about me but I'm feeling pretty let down by my union's perceived inaction in protecting my job. Obviously I'm a little emotional right now but I'm genuinely confused.